With the dark cloud of what happened 11 days ago hanging over the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, NY, both the Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabers took to the ice on Wednesday night looking to make a statement in this Northeast Division match-up. Both teams made their statement, but in the end it was the Bruins who came out on top with a 4-3, shootout victory.
For the Sabres, they came into the g...

Not too long ago, ESPN the Magazine called it “Titletown,” but now it seems the sky is falling in Boston.
The Boston Red Sox just suffered possibly the worst September collapse in Major League history, missed the playoffs and now are a team in upheaval with fires to put out in both the clubhouse and the front office.
The Boston Celtics were a team in disarray when they were last on the cour...

Don’t worry, I did, too.
I also know it is old news. With the signing taking place a week ago, the Black-and-White Scrimmage last night and the team’s first pre-season game taking place this evening in Ottawa, there are far more current plotlines for the Boston Bruins I could be following. Unfortunately, the game isn’t being aired in favor of covering the Red Sox collapse and, as much as ...

In just 13 days training camp opens. Fourteen days they’ll be back on the ice for the first time since that faithful night in Vancouver and a short, celebration-filled Summer will be over. The quest to defend their Stanley Cup Championship will begin for the Boston Bruins all too soon, so it’s time to start taking a few practice swings, get back in the writing flow and start getting ready f...

The parade is over. The confetti’s been swept up. The last few drops of $100K champagne downed. The lockers have been cleared. All the hardware has been handed out.
The faithful of the Back-and-Gold will always have their memories of the Boston Bruins’ historic Stanley Cup run this Spring, but they are now just that: Memories. It has been two weeks since Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canuck...

Following the Boston Bruins 1-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks in Game 1 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, Bruins head coach Claude Julien was noted as saying the following when asked about his team’s continued struggles on the power play: “As long as we’re able to stay on even terms with them when it comes to special teams, we’re all right with that.”
No, Claude, at this time of the yea...

The talk in Boston all day Monday leading up to Game 5 of the Bruins’ Eastern Conference Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning was if the Bruins eventually drop the series to the Lightning, they will forever look back upon their blown chance in Game 4 when they let a three goal lead slip away before losing 5-3. There was redemption of sorts for the Bruins in Game 5, however, as Tampa returne...

NESN’s Seventh Player Award is an annual award presented “to the Bruin who went above and beyond the call of duty and exceeded the expectations of Bruins fans during the 2010-11 season.”
This year's winner, Brad Marchand, has 21 goals and 19 assists for 40 points in his 72 games played. After the game, a humbled Marchand discussed his role and responsibilities and if he actually ...

With the great Taylor vs. Tyler debate raging, February 27, 2011 became a date many NHL faithful circled when the 2010-2011 schedule was released. It marked the day the top two picks in the 2010 NHL Draft – Taylor Hall, selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers, and Tyler Seguin, chosen second by the Boston Bruins – squared-off for the first time in their professional careers.
Despite a...

After an embarrassing loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday night, the Colorado Avalanche were going to have to do their best to bounce back and return to their winning ways. This afternoon, they hosted the Boston Bruins for their second of six matinee games for the year.
Everything seemed to be going well for the Avs, as Paul Stastny recorded his 100th NHL goal to give the Avs an early l...

What exactly did I miss?
Twelve days ago I was sitting on my couch watching the Bruins, fresh off their last minute debacle in Montreal, fall behind the Pittsburgh Penguins, 2-0. At the time I was about halfway through penning my sixth straight hate-piece on my beloved Bruins and I just could not do it. I erased what I wrote, shut the television went off and it was time to devote my attentions ...